Nail-cutter



(No Model.)

T. F. OURLEY.

NAIL CUTTER. No. 385,914. Patented July 10, 1888.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

BY iaga vw ATTORNEY.

Fries.

TERENCE F. CURLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NIWV YORK.

NAI L-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,914, dated July 10,1888.

Application filed March 99, 1888. Serial No. 268,765. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: burnishing end, Z), which is adapted forclean- 'Be it known that I, TERENCE F. CURLEY, ing the nails, but is notfurnished with a cutof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stateting-edge. In opposite edges of the said of New York, have invented anew and Inr rounded end I have formed V shaped notches 5 provedNail-Cutter, of which the following is c, the blade being beveled onopposite sides 5 a specification, reference being had to the anof thenotch, forming cutting-edges d. The neXed drawings, forming a partthereof, in cuttingedges, being wholly within the edge of iCh the blade,cannot be made to cut into the flesh;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved but they are of sufficientwidth to admit the x0 nail-cutter, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionedge of the nail. 5o

taken on line a: x in Fig. 1. vVhen the V-shaped notch is applied to theSimilar letters of reference indicate correnail,one or the other of theedges d serves as a sponding parts in both views. guide while the otheris employed in cutting; The object of my invention is to provide a orthe nail may be inserted in the V-shaped [5 nail-cutter by means ofwhich the nails may notch, so as to bisect the angle of the notch, 55 betrimmed without danger of cutting the thereby causing both of thecutting-edges to fiesln cut the nail.

My invention consists in a plate having un- The cutting-edges d aresharpened, when sharpened edges and provided in one or both necessary,by means of a V-shaped oil-stone.

2 ofits edges with a V-shaped notch, the plate Having thus described myinvention, I 60 being sharpened at the sides of the notch to claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters adapt it for cutting the ends of thenails. Patent The blades commonly used for trimming the 1. In anail-cutter, a blade provided with nails are provided with a file-cutsurface on V-shaped transverse notches, with cutting- 2 Opposite sidesfor the greater portion of their edges formed on theblade along oppositesides 6 length. the extremity of the blade being of the notches,substantially as specified. pointed and sharpened upon one edge. \Vith2. In a nail-cutter, a blade, A, provided a blade of this kind no guideis provided for with a rounded burnishing end, I), and having preventingthe cutting of the flesh. As a eoncuttiug-notches d formed in the edgesthereof,

0 sequence, the cuttingedge is liable to lead too substantially asspecified. 7Q deeply into the nail and produce painful 3. In anail-cutter, a blade, A, provided wounds in the flesh under the nail andaround with a file-cut surface, a, with a rounded burits edges. In myimprovement I avoid these nishing end,b,havingcutting-notches (Z formeddifficulties by providing a very narrow cutin opposite edges thereof,substantially as 35 ting-surface in one or both edges of a bladespecified.

not otherwise adapted for cutting. m T T To carry out my invention Iprovide a LEREB 0L CURLEX' blade, A, which may be pivoted in the han-Witnesses: dle B or not, as may be desired, the said blade GEO. M.IIOIKINS, 0 A having a file-cut portion, a, and a rounded O. SEDGWIOK.

